CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 033 (P278760)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 3757

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 5.06.01 Instructions of Shuruppak (witness) Instructions of Shuruppak; 10x8x1(le.e.) lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [{d}] ezina2#-ra# [...]
3'. kir11 asz2 nam-[...]
4'. {gesz}mi-si-sahar#-ra# [...] dumu-nita in#-[...]
5'. dam nam-mu-kar-re gu3 KA# [...]
6'. ki dam kar nam-silig gum-ga2-[x]
7'. a giri3 a gu2 nigin2-na ga-am3-ma#-[...]
8'. lu2 gu-la a2 disz-e ga-na#-[...]
9'. galam-ma na-an-ug5-ge-en# [...]
10'. [...]-a-gim {d}nanna#-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
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1'. [...] la [...] u2 de5-ge# [...]
2'. kadra inim#-[...]
3'. e2-gal#-[...]
4'. kadra# [...] mul#-[...]
5'. na-de5 szuruppak dumu# [...]
6'. szuruppak# dumu# [...]
  rest broken

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: left edge
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 5.06.01 Instructions of Shuruppak (witness) Instructions of Shuruppak; 10x8x1(le.e.) lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Alster, Shuruppak, 026, N 3757

    [Alster1974Shuruppak] Alster, Bendt. 1974. The Instructions of Šurruppak : A Sumerian Proverb Collection. Vol. 2. Mesopotamia. Copenhagen Studies in Assyriology. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.

  • history: FTS, p.138 fig.62

    [Kramer1956FTS] Kramer, Samuel N. 1956. From the Tablets of Sumer : Twenty-Five Firsts in Man’s Recorded History. Indian Hills, Colorado: The Falcon’s Wing Press.

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  • Museum No.: N 3757
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-12 at 18:56:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-02-11 at 09:44:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2018-02-11 at 09:30:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-11-26 at 17:07:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-11-26 at 17:00:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-10-10 at 07:43:47 Wagensonner, Klaus Atf Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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CDLI Literary 000782 (Instructions of Shuruppak) composite (P478969) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000782, Ex. 033 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P278760.
CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 033 artifact entry (No. P278760). (2024, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P278760 (Original work published 2005)
CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 033 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P278760 (Accessed: May 7, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 12},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000782, ex. 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P278760},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P278760},
}


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